| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 468
Appeal against conscription of: Charles Fowler
Age: 37
Address: 3 Londesborough Council Yard, Longwestgate, Scarborough
Occupation: General labourer
Local tribunal: Scarborough Council Borough Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal:
Appellant: Emma Fowler, mother
Summary of case: Only son. Keeping the home going. Dependants, mother, sister and two children. The local tribunal decision was that Sister and two children staying with mother and at first had Parish relief. Sister is legally separated from her husband, and husband enlisted in different name. The tribunal believed that the husband had now been found and she was entitled to a Separation Allowance of 10 shillings. In respect of the children which had already been paid. With Dependents Allowance and Seperation Allowance to the sister there appears to be no reason why the mother should suffer financially to any appreciable extent.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 17 Apr 1916. Dismissed. Leave to appeal refused |